Proverbs 10:2

What does Proverbs 10:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 10:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Context

v.1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

v.2This passage

v.3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 49:6

    They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Ezekiel 7:19

    They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • Romans 5:21

    that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • James 5:1

    Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

  • Isaiah 10:2

    to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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